• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    3 years ago

    I consider any person who thinks they know better than the medical professionals a lunatic, yes.

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      3 years ago

      Medical professionals also said that Thalidomide was safe for pregnant women to take, and it turns out it very much wasn’t.

      This is the kind of thing that leads to that concern about any new medication.

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        3 years ago

        Never said professionals can’t be wrong.

        But they will be right a hell of a lot more than the average non-medically-schooled person. That is for sure.